Memories of Singapore

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Feb 1958 Dockyard Club.214 viewsAdded as many names as i could remember to the photo. I am still in touch with Denise, Sandra, Vivian.
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Singapore Naval Base - Japanese Occupation. HMS Rotherham takes surrender214 views1945. September 6th. Captain of HMS Rotherham H W Biggs D.S.O.; R.N. sailed into Singapore Naval Dockyard and took the formal surrender of the Japanese 10th Zone Fleet. Although the dockside was deserted with just a small Japanese party to agree the surrender they found 34,000 Japanese on the base. 'Rotherham Gate' was named in honour of this event. Photo compliments of the HMS Rotherham Association.(Possibly now dissolved)
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Shackletons213 views
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China Town Museum213 viewsAn upstairs food preparation area in the museum.
The opposite side of the same room
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Bum Boat213 viewsOne of the many bum boats, now used to take tourists on river trips rather than transporting cargo
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Tiger Balm Gardens213 viewsChinese mythology story; the women are “spider spirits” who at one point are fantasising and celebrating about a world with no men!
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Tiger Balm Gardens213 viewsA fasting Buddha
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3rd court - King Songdi213 views
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4th court - King Wuguan213 viewsFor tax dodging, a refusal to pay rent or commit business fraud results in being pounded by a stone mallet
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Vesak213 viewsInside the temple. Note the "money" tree, where notes were placed as gifts for the monks.
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John Bell213 views
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